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JOHN L. KNIGHT, 011 NEW YORK, N. Y.

PRlNTlNG-OFFICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed May 31, 1890.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. KNIGHT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-OfficcApparatns, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to printing'officc apparatus with particular reference to devices for handling type-forms.

In daily newspaper printing-offices it is the custom to make up each page-form upon a separate table and to leave each form for purposes of alteration upon its own table until it is finally removed for stereotyping. If the edition has a large number of pages, it necessarily requires many tables to accommodate the forms which occupy space in the composing-rooms and render the'work of ma- .nipulation greater.

The object of this invention therefore is to provide means for handling and disposing of a large number of forms with a comparatively small number of tables and at the same time store or locate the forms so that they will be easily accessible for reference or alteration.

In general terms, the invention consists of a peeuliarly-eonstructed rack for holding the forms.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the apparatus while in use; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the rack and tackle, showing a form in place; Fig. 3, a plan of the rack, and Fig. -i an enlarged transverse section of the same.

A represents a bench or frame constructed of ironfor strength and of a general rectangular shape. The back is extended upward to form a support A for the division-pieces a of the rack. These pieces each consist of an L,-shaped bar of metal or other suitable material, the horizontal portion resting upon the top of the bench A and the vertical portion against the back A. They are securely bolted to the bench parallel to each other and sufficiently far apart to easily admit the frame of a form. The outer ends of the horizontal portions of the bars are turned up vertically, and are all connected together by a strip a,

Patent No l 19,223, dated March 31, 1891..

Serial No. 353,812. (No model.)

extending on the outside loi'igitudinally the full length of the rack. The ends of the bars which point upward are made pointed or wedge-shaped to guide the form properly to its seat between the bars. \Vhen a form is in position between any two of the bars, it is prevented from slipping out laterally by the back A and the strip a. The construction which I have thus described forms a rectangular rack having one of its sides open and another partially open.

B represents a rail or track suspended from the ceiling by hangers b b. This is preferably arranged directly above and parallel to the center line of the rack. Upon it is placed a block 1), adapted to ride thereon and carryin g two sheaves. A cord or chain b connected at one end with a movable block if, is passed over one of its sheaves, thence over a sheave in the movable block, and finally over its second sheave, leaving a loose end for manipu lation. The movable block carries a hook. This constitutes a well-known form of differential tackle used to facilitate hoisting.

The iron frame or chase O, in which the form is locked, is fitted with an eye 0, which is placed in the center of one of its ends or sides. The hook of the movable block is en' gaged with this eye when the form is to be hoisted and conveyed to the rack, as hereinafter described.

In operation the forms are made up, one or two at a time, upon the tables in the usual manner, and as soon as one is finished and locked the table T (which is on casters) is pushed to a position beneath the outer end of the track 13. The hook in the movable block is then adjusted 'to the eye 0 in the chase, and it is raised from the table to a height which will clear the rack and then moved along over the rack to the first empty seat therein. It is then gently lowered into the seat and released from the tackle. All of the forms, of course, are treated in the same way, and they are thus all retained together and protected from injury. If it is desired to inspect the forms, any one of them may be raised a trifle and moved out sidewise, where it may rest upon a strip a while under inspection, or it maybe raised above the top of the other forms and conveyed to a table T for alteration or for removal to the stereotypingfoundry.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A rack for type-forms made up of a rest and (l ivisio11-pieees,each consistingof an L-shaped bar having the outer end of its horizontal porlion turned up, in combination with a strip to connecting all the said ends together and secured to their outer sides, substantially as described. V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing my invention Ihave signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 29th day of May, 15

JOHN L. KNIGHT.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY ARDEN, GEO. R. OARRINGTON. 

